Three-time Olympic medalists Xue Shen and Hongbo Zhao skated this spellbinding short program last season to Queen's "Who Wants to Live Forever" en route to winning their long-coveted Olympic gold medal in Vancouver. The husband and wife team, ages 31 and 36 at the time, had the perfect comeback last season. After finishing third at the 2002 and 2006 Olympics, plus winning 5 World Championship medals, three of them gold, the only item missing from their medal cabinets was Olympic gold. Shen and Zhao retired after claiming their 3rd World title at the 2007 Worlds in Tokyo, but the lure of trying for the Olympics one more time was too much to deny.
They returned to competition in the fall of 2009, winning gold at both their Grand Prix events and winning their 4th Grand Prix Final victory. With momentum on their sides, they entered the Olympics at the odds-on favorites, and didn't disappoint, claiming that elusive gold medal on February 16, 2010.
The one-year anniversary of that beautiful victory was last Wednesday, and so, in honor of that momentous occasion, I'd like to share this video with all of you. Due to copyright restrictions, the video from the Olympics is not available. Instead I will post their short program from Skate America, held in Lake Placid in the fall of 2009.
Congratulations on the 1-year anniversary of your dream-come-true Olympic win, Shen and Zhao!
Enjoy!
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